Y' think?!
I have some familiarity of the inner workings of both Children’s Hospital and the Floating Hospital for Children (Tufts). Obviously, CH cannot respond to the various accusations against them without violating HIPAA.
I think it is very, very, very unlikely that CH has this one wrong. For them to take the position they have taken, all the facts must have been reviewed by the service chiefs, by the board, by house and outside counsel, by HMS and by CRICO. It is impossible to believe that there is not compelling evidence of Munchausen’s by proxy.
Of course the first-line clinical staff could have gotten this wrong. But the further up the line it went, the more likely it is that error would have been corrected. The stakes, if they are wrong, are enormous. Institutions like CH do not support errors by first-line staff. They just don’t. There is too much at stake.
Mass DCYF, of course, has no credibility, nor should they. But they are not the drivers of this scenario, they are just along for the ride.
“I think it is very, very, very unlikely that CH has this one wrong. For them to take the position they have taken, all the facts must have been reviewed by the service chiefs, by the board, by house and outside counsel, by HMS and by CRICO. It is impossible to believe that there is not compelling evidence of Munchausen’s by proxy.
Of course the first-line clinical staff could have gotten this wrong. But the further up the line it went, the more likely it is that error would have been corrected. The stakes, if they are wrong, are enormous. Institutions like CH do not support errors by first-line staff. They just don’t. There is too much at stake.”
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Munchausen syndrome by proxy. So that is what you believe this to be? That might explain a kid who was ice skating about a year ago and is now in and out of the hospital.
The only other thing and I’ve seen this before is the kid has some rare genetic illness that that is extremely hard to find. I’ve read stories about this. They think the mom had Munchausens only to find some rare disease and it took some doctor either from across the US or across the world to find it.
..........your post suggests you might know something about this “legal” malaise.
The judge ruled that the parents are guilty of “medical child abuse”...............can you explain that to all of us. I mean, if the parents were just off on a tangent and endangering the child that’s one thing. But, according to what I read, they have a pretty substantial team of doctors ON THEIR SIDE! If so, how the hell does the state butt in at all?
I’ve followed this case fairly closely and I’m still shaking my head.
There is compelling evidence again Munchausen’s by proxy.
THE GIRL IS NOT GETTING BETTER!
With all due respect Jim...bullcrap.
Y' think?!
“But the further up the line it went, the more likely it is that error would have been corrected”
Unfortunately wrong....the further up the line it went the more the liklihood that those administrators did not want to rock the boat and challenge a medical diagnosis. They are simply kicking this can ( this girl ) down the road.
They can all stand and fall on the pride they have in their medical and law degrees....and lack of common sense
I’m sure there are facts that we don’t know....but never underestimate a large company/instution/political organization’s desire to cover up and make “go away” controversial issues
When this story first came up I did a search on mitochondrial disease and one of the things I read is that because the symptoms do not fit a familiar medical pattern there have been accusations against parents of children with MD of Munchausen’s.
I don’t know what to think. I have been seeing more and more cases where hospitals are getting CYFD involved when there is a dispute about medical care for minors. There was a recent story where parents did not agree with doctors at one hospital and took their child to another and the first hospital went after them for neglect or something like that, not sure that one is sorted out yet either. I have seen several similar stories.